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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Sisters and
Brothers of the First Nations of Abya Yala and the World: the attainment and
exercise of our rights, and upholding all our collective existence has been,
and is, to the present time product of our own struggles, the suffering of our
peoples, under the blood and sacrifice of thousands of lives of our people.
This history is not over, the force of
our resistance persists and we continue to fight to establish a culture
of life in the world, until we restore ethical and moral relations between
human beings, our communities and with our Mother Nature.

This is the
cause that deternines the struggles of our peoples, as our sisters and brothers
in Canada, the Indigenous Movement IDLE NO MORE, and that has been given
impulse by the Chief Theresa Spence, a struggle that is expressed with a hunger
strike near the Capitol Hill in Ottawa, befginning on December 11, 2012. We
extend our forces and energies to those struggles that bind us to this cause as
have done the sisters and brothers from TONATIERRA in Phoenix Arizona, who are
in permanent mobilization.

It's time to
show the world our strength in Continental Unity and global siolidarity so that
our proposals for life and regeneration become reality. The XXI century is
exposed as the time of the most heinous and violent colonial presence and
industrial model of exploitation in degeneration against all existence and
life.

In this context,
our struggles continue, in the South, Central and North Abya Yala, as we
navigate through moments of genuine dispute of thought, and cognition: the war between two paradigms: the
predator model of the Western Intellect and the indigenous model of Abya Yala
community life.

Our solidarity
with these struggles is our legacy, struggles of our Indigenous Peoples which
are not only legitimate but just.
May the energies and spirits of our ancestors guide us always.

Sisters and
Brothers of the First Nations of Abya Yala and the World: the attainment and
exercise of our rights, and upholding all our collective existence has been,
and is, to the present time product of our own struggles, the suffering of our
peoples, under the blood and sacrifice of thousands of lives of our people.
This history is not over, the force ofour resistance persists and we continue to fight to establish a culture
of life in the world, until we restore ethical and moral relations between
human beings, our communities and with our Mother Nature.

This is the
cause that deternines the struggles of our peoples, as our sisters and brothers
in Canada, the Indigenous Movement IDLE NO MORE, and that has been given
impulse by the Chief Theresa Spence, a struggle that is expressed with a hunger
strike near the Capitol Hill in Ottawa, befginning on December 11, 2012. We
extend our forces and energies to those struggles that bind us to this cause as
have done the sisters and brothers from TONATIERRA in Phoenix Arizona, who are
in permanent mobilization.

It's time to
show the world our strength in Continental Unity and global siolidarity so that
our proposals for life and regeneration become reality. The XXI century is
exposed as the time of the most heinous and violent colonial presence and
industrial model of exploitation in degeneration against all existence and
life.

In this context,
our struggles continue, in the South, Central and North Abya Yala, as we
navigate through moments of genuine dispute of thought, and cognition:the war between two paradigms: the
predator model of the Western Intellect and the indigenous model of Abya Yala
community life.

Our solidarity
with these struggles is our legacy, struggles of our Indigenous Peoples which
are not only legitimate but just.May the energies and spirits of our ancestors guide us always.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

At the First Continental Indigenous Encounter that took place in Quito, Ecuador in 1990 it was Rose
Augér, of the Cree Nation who brought the ceremonial message of the Sacred Fire
which illuminated the path of continental indigenous solidarity, vision, and
spirit to that historic event over twenty years ago.
Today once again it is another indigenous woman of the north - Theresa
Spence, Chief of Attawapiskat who has ignited a new phase of an ancient
cause, one that goes back to our ancestral responsibilities as Nations of
Indigenous Peoples, OrigiNations of the Natural World. We are called upon once again to defend
our Nationhood and our Sacred Mother Earth.

Today we stand together in Ceremonial Solidarity
as a Continental Indigenous Movement of Abya Yala to remind the government
states of the Americas that yes, they may be states of status within the UN
system, within the system of the Organization of American States, within the
International Monetary System, within each and every one of the States of
Colonialism, but it is WE, the ORIGINATIONS of ABYA YALA who remain the NATIONS
of Indigenous Peoples of the continent and the Natural World across the entire
planet.

As Nations, we have TREATIES with your
states. As states, you have
TREATIES with our NATIONS, and our CONFEDERATIONS OF NATIONS. These mutual TREATY RIGHTS and obligations
must be fulfilled in good faith.
And further, since the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples on September 13, 2007, which confirms that: “Indigenous Peoples are EQUAL to all
other Peoples”, WE MUST DEMAND ONCE AGAIN that
our TREATIES be integrated into the CORPUS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW as TREATIES EQUAL TO ALL OTHER TREATIES. As INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, the venues to
address TREATY ISSUES must be competent to address the international scope of
the issues, one that is competent in jurisdiction - namely an INTERNATIONAL
VENUE.

Yet unless such a venue has as
fundamental element the OFFICIAL
ARCHIVE
of the Treaties in Question, not merely as a set of DOMESTIC AGREEMENTS between
government states and Indigenous Populations, but as TREATIES between Nations
and States, the process will not produce justice as an outcome. Therefore, it is essential that the
need for an official Treaty Archive of Indigenous Treaties within the UN system
itself be addressed as a fundamental FIRST STEP to address the common concerns.

Continental Confederation of the Eagle and Condor

The delegation that travelled to Quito,
Ecuador in 1990 and participated in the First Continental Encounter of
Indigenous Nations, Pueblos, and Organizations included members of the O’otham
and Opata Nations, Aztecas and Chichimecas, and many others from across the
entire hemisphere. Since then to
now we have not been idle. The
Fifth Continental Indigenous Summit of Abya Yala is now in planning, to take
place in Colombia. We join again
now with efforts of the Indigenous Nations from North to South, from coast to
coast in Continental Ceremonial
Solidarity towards the realization of full Self-Determination of our Nations
of Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala.